President Donald Trump’s motivation for wanting to remove a congressionally established legal shield afforded to Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms is poor. And the president is probably just bluffing anyway.

The W. D. Holder Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Jefferson Davis Camp Sons of Confederate Veterans held a joint Confederate Heroes Luncheon recently at a local restaurant. Guest speaker was the Rev. Glenn Shows, who presented a program on “Battle of Cotton Bales at Red Lick, MS on July 4, 1864”.

Chairing The Garden Club of Jackson’s 2020 Spring Garden Tour are (from left) members Margaret Scott and Margaret Palmer. The tour is set for April 23 and 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and will offer three homes and five gardens in the Eastover and Massena Heights neighborhoods.

Each year, the Madison Lions Club recognizes a member of the local community that shows “Lion Like” character, but is not currently a member of the Lions Club, which is the world’s largest service organization. The award recipient epitomizes the Lions motto of “We Serve”.

Property values on the Northside are going strong, with most areas experiencing significant increases in values from the same time in 2019.
In Madison, the average home is selling for $477,360, up from $443,376 this time last year. Meanwhile, the average sale price for a home in Ridgeland is $570,000, up from $501,585 last year.

First Presbyterian Day School fourth-graders held a Mississippi Parade for the school the morning of their reports on famous Mississippians. Shown are (from left) Lanie Phillips, Campbell Wyatt, Morgan McClain, Caroline Smith, Alyssa Claire Cranford, Lila Watson, Ella Kincaid, Lucy Tyra, and Mamie Barton.

In answer to a question I have been asked countless times these past few weeks:
No, I have no idea whether or not there will be a 2020 college football season. Don’t have a clue. John Cohen and Keith Carter don’t know either, and neither does Jeremy McClain. Nobody knows right now, and if they tell you they do, they’re lying.